ALCTS

Authority Control Interest Group (ACIG)--ALCTS CCS/LITA

The ACIG 25th Anniversary Program at ALA Annual is July 12, 2009, 1:30-4:30 at the McCormick Place West, room W-179. The theme of the program is The Future is Now: Global Authority Control and will look at the expansion of authority control through increased collaboration and technological control of data, as well as added languages, scripts, and vocabularies.

The program will be followed by a small reception and a business meeting. The business meeting (4:30-5:30) includes elections for Vice-Chair, Secretary, Member-at-Large Subjects, Member-at-Large Series, and Member-at-Large Names. All are invited. Interested Candidates must be members of ALA and belong to either the LITA or ALCTS Division. Contact ACIG Chair, Mary Mastraccio marym@marcive.com for more information.

Description: This presentation will discuss the speaker’s experiment of creating featured websites from specialized data in Voyager ILS such as faculty author books, leisure reading, new book lists and local Art Museum collection. These websites can be seamlessly integrated into public programming events and library instruction sessions to introduce local authors, featured collections and resources in a specific area. The websites of Faculty Research Publications and Women’s Studies Video Resources at Wichita State University will be showcased. The speaker will also discuss the model used to create the websites: selecting data from Oracle database, presenting SQL query results, and creating the websites using web programming for browsing and search. The option of transforming data from MARC to DC will also be discussed. This model can be applied to different sets of data by slightly modifying the query, the programming and the web appearance. Some features of public websites such as linking each record back to OPAC, adding RSS feeds, Syndetic and other cover images to the websites will be addressed. Finally, the speaker will discuss disintegration of library data versus integration of library data and the pros and cons of each method.

Description: Works of art and material culture are found in almost every library collection, in the form of portraits of founders or donors, artwork donated for decorative purposes, or cultural objects in collections of papers acquired by the library. There are usually too few objects to justify the creation of a separate database; in any case, a separate database complicates collection management and fragments access.

The best way to provide access to these objects is to document them in the main library catalog. In doing so, librarians will find it helpful to look beyond rules designed for cataloging textual and/or published material, and to seek guidance from descriptive conventions developed by other metadata communities. In particular, Cataloging Cultural Objects: A Guide to Describing Cultural Works and Their Images (CCO) is an invaluable source for the choice and formulation of information appropriate for the description of art and cultural works. The presenter will describe how the Morgan Library & Museum applies CCO as a supplement to library data standards such as AACR, DCRM, Betz, etc. when creating MARC records for art and cultural objects in its Voyager library system, and how these records are repurposed as metadata for Web-accessible digital images.

Description: Libraries are struggling with the challenges of integrating metadata from a variety of sources: MARC catalog data; metadata from institutional repositories, digital projects, and course management systems, into their web discovery interfaces. Combining such disparate metadata as part of a library workflow will require easy-to-use tools for automated processing of metadata to correct, enrich, transform, and aggregate metadata from these disparate sources.

The eXtensible Catalog (XC) Project is developing an open-source platform that will enable libraries to easily accomplish these tasks. The XC Metadata Services Toolkit (MST) enables the processing of metadata in any XML schema using pluggable services, automatically handles updated records, enables the scheduling of a variety of services, and makes the updated metadata available for harvesting by other applications. The MST offers an ideal platform for experimenting with new emerging schemas and standards, such as RDA. This presentation will describe the MST and its services, and the importance of this tool for libraries. It will also include a demonstration of the latest version of the MST, which is currently being developed.

Description: Archival processing and library technical services are both undergoing radical changes in an attempt to stay relevant in an increasingly digital world. Archives have struggled to shift their focus from cataloging at the collection-level to deeper, more granular access to archival materials to meet increasing user demands for digital access to individual collection objects, while library technical services have begun to look for new activities as processing non-unique print resources becomes less of a focus. The archival community's issues are compounded by the fact that both metadata standards (EAD) and content standards (DACS) are geared toward the collection, rather than to the items in the collection. Archival professionals have traditionally viewed each collection, and each metadata record about each collection, as unique in and of itself. This artisanal approach has limited the archives' ability to extend processing to the deeper level of detail required to make digital access to collection materials possible.

In contrast, library technical services have traditionally used streamlined and automated workflows for processing and the aggregation of content at the item level though subject terms as an organizing principle of access.

In an era of shrinking budgets, reduced staffing, and the need for units to show their value to the larger organization, this presentation will show how one library and archives saw these challenges as an opportunity to fully integrate archives processing into its technical services unit and develop a hybrid form of processing that respects the traditions of both disciplines while creating more user-focused metadata and access tools.

Questions/Discussion + Wrap Up (10 minutes)

Adrienne A. Aluzzo

Metadata Librarian

Wayne State University

Work: (313) 577-6439

E-mail: bb4892@wayne.edu

Birdie MacLennan

Director, Resource Description & Analysis

University of Vermont

Work: (802) 656-2016

E-mail: bmaclenn@uvm.edu

Co-Chairs, ALCTS CCS Cataloging Norms Interest Group

Catalog Management Interest Group (CMIG)-ALCTS CCS

Jay Weitz discussed the Expert Community Experiment, a six month project launched by OCLC in February, 2009. The project enables catalogers to update and enhance existing OCLC records. Jay gave a brief overview of the project and answered questions from the group. He also presented a review of MARC updates slated at OCLC for August, 2009, and described OCLC’s new Duplicate detection and resolution program. This program will run through WorldCat as a whole in January, 2010.

Betsy Simpson discussed CatQC, a console application for Microsoft Windows developed at the University of Florida. CatQC is a program that reviews records from WorldCat and creates an easy to read report that highlights records with potential problems. Catalogers can then review only those records that require their attention, while allowing shelf-ready material to go directly from box to shelf.

Ross Shanley-Roberts discussed an open source discovery later that he and his colleague, Rob Casson, recently developed. The discovery layer is called Solrpac, and the two recently released their newest version, MULtifacet. Ross’ work on this project was to extract bibliographic and item records from the ILS, parse, and index them. He created a PERL program that parses and indexes the records and loads the results into a set of MySQL tables, which includes faceting and enriching the data. These tools also report when there are errors or inconsistencies in the MARC records. In his presentation, Ross discussed the automatic review of all tracings, including subdivisions, against the authority records and the report process for records that need human attention.

The discussion will center on the experiences of libraries and publishers as they implement and manage transactional access models at their institutions. The panelists will discuss why transactional access was right for their institution, the driving forces behind their decisions, the implementation process, technical implementation and management of the access, and the outcomes of their endeavors. Following the presentations will be a "question and answer" period, as well as an open forum for audience members to share their experience(s) with fellow session participants.

The panel includes:

Pay Per View – Where We Were, Where We Are and Where Are We Going Next?

Beth R. Bernhardt

Jackson Library

University of North Carolina at Greensboro

Between 2002 and 2003, the University of North Carolina at Greensboro (UNCG) set up several different types of pay-per-view options that provided users with over 3,500 unsubscribed titles. A few years later the library set up access to many of these titles through Consortium Big Deals. This presentation will talk about what options the library experimented with, what is still there, compare its pay-per-view statistics with its big deals and discuss how libraries might use pay-per-view options in the coming years.

Developing a Pay-Per-View Model in a Financially Challenging Budget Year

Nicole Mitchell and Elizabeth Lorbeer

Lister Hill Library of the Health Sciences

University of Alabama at Birmingham

Anticipated reductions at the University of Alabama, Birmingham, for fiscal year 2009/2010 will result in a content budget of roughly half what it was four years ago. The library went from having packages with almost every commercial and society publisher to just a few packages in 2009. Over 4,500 titles were cancelled for 2009, with only 52 journals being reinstated by user request. In exploring a solution for next fiscal year, the library began to investigate investing twenty percent of its journal budget to subsidized pay-per-view by setting up deposit accounts with the publishers, with a goal to significantly lower user fees for article access.

Murray State University has recently undertaken a project that will be the inaugural step in its transition to both providing optimized digital access and change of the landscape of its journal acquisitions from a model that has been traditionally print to one that is primarily electronic. Alongside this transition, the library also added a just-in-time element to its previous just-in-case-only model. During this presentation, participants will have a window into Murray State's experience, including: the driving forces behind its decisions, its selection of Science Direct as a vendor, the implementation process, the outcomes, and where the library sees itself headed in the future.

Transactional Access: A Publisher's Take

Mark Rothenbuhler

John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

The final presentation will offer the perspective of a major publisher about its experience offering streamlined article access via prepaid tokens. Mark Rothenbuhler from Wiley will discuss the realities and potential benefits of transactional access to journal articles to libraries and publishers, and offer suggestions as to what libraries should be thinking about.

Technical Services Directors of Large Research Libraries (“Big Heads”) Interest Group Meeting (ALCTS)

Friday, July 10, 2009
9:30-12:30 a.m.
Swissotel, Zurich 2

Agenda Topics

· Update on Testing Resource Description and Access (RDA)

· Innovations in Technical Services

­ University of California’s Next Generation Technical Services Initiative (NGTS)

­ Columbia and Cornell University Libraries Partnership (2CUL)

­ Open Discussion

· Task Force on Cost/Value Assessment of Bibliographic Control Update

· Discussion on the Projected Impacts of Budget Cuts on Technical Services

Networked Resources and Metadata Interest Group (NRMIG)-ALCTS/LITA

The Networked Resources and Metadata Interest Group (NRMIG) would like to announce their sponsored programs at ALA Annual 2009:

Program:

Workflow Tools for Automating Metadata Creation and Maintenance

Saturday, July 11th, from 10:30 a.m. - 12:00 noon. Location: McCormick Place West in W-181. Sponsored by ALCTS, co-sponsored by LITA.

As digital projects become less peripheral and more integral to library operations, institutions must begin to address the implications of this change. With the increasing amount of digital content libraries are expected to create and maintain, data curation has emerged as a key objective. Intended for librarians who are involved with the development and management of metadata, this session will present examples of current work and discussion opportunities for collaborative development of tools among institutions.

This full day workshop is designed to introduce participants to XSLT for manipulation of metadata and other sets of data. Instruction will cover the basics of XML and XSLT as well as more advanced commands and control structures. With particular focus on use of XSLT for working with metadata in a library context, this hands-on workshop will allow participants to practice the principles discussed by the instructors.

Metadata Standards and Applications: A "Cataloging for the 21st Century" Workshop

Thursday, July 9th - Friday, July 10th, from 8:30 a.m. - 5:00 p.m. each day

This two-day preconference explores metadata standards and applications for bibliographic control in the 21st century. The goal is to relate what participants already know about library catalog metadata to digital library metadata, preparing them to apply current knowledge to new areas. Although not primarily a “hands on” workshop for learning how to create metadata, this preconference does include exercises, and it provides a solid foundation in current metadata concepts, standards, and issues for digital libraries.

The NRMIG program and business Meeting will be held at Intercontinental St. Clair on July 12th, Sunday from 8:00 am - 10:00 am.

The title of Metadata Librarian first appeared in the late 1990's in conjunction with developments in information technology and digital library initiatives. Since the title is a relatively new one, the responsibilities and competencies of the position have yet to be clearly defined. This study examined 86 job descriptions for metadata librarian positions and 83 job descriptions for cataloging librarian positions, all posted from 2000 to 2008. The authors focused on three properties common to most of the job descriptions: education, required qualifications, and desired qualifications.

These properties were analyzed, in order to answer following questions:
1. What is the required skill set for a metadata librarian?
2. Are there any changes or differences in job descriptions over time?
3. What are the differences between Metadata Librarians and Cataloging Librarians in terms of competencies and required qualifications?

Speakers: Myung-Ja Han, Assistant Professor, Serials Cataloging, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign and Patricia Hswe, Project Manager for NDIIPP Partner Projects, Graduate School of Library and Information Science, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.

This presentation will then be followed by a managed discussion on library school and continuing education for Metadata Librarians, led by Steven Miller, Senior Lecturer, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, School of Information Studies.
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Continuing Resources Section College and Research Libraries Interest Group (CRS C&RL IG)

The OpenURL standard is a widely deployed technology to facilitate linking to resources across the library supply chain. At a typical academic library thousands of OpenURL requests are initiated by patrons each week. The problem is, too often these links do not work as expected, leaving patrons frustrated by a lower than desired quality of service. In this presentation I will share early findings from an investigation into the feasibility of creating industry wide metrics for evaluating and comparing the quality of OpenURL implementations across vendors.

The KBART Draft Report is released and in this session it will be discussed what the draft KBART standard proposes, how this proposal would impact libraries, knowledgebase vendors, content providers, and especially library patrons, how organizations and individuals are responding to the draft standard, and what the next steps are in implementing as much useful change in this area as possible.

3. Regina Reynolds (Library of Congress): Best Practices for Presentation of E-Serials: Hope or Hopeless?

Many continuing resources librarians have become resigned to practices of aggregators and publishers that complicate or impede accurate and complete cataloging. "They'll never listen, they won't change" is a common cataloger refrain. Nonetheless, working together with publishers and aggregators to develop best practices is gaining momentum and is an activity that is often supported by NISO. This presentation will include examples of problematic current e-serials presentation practices-such as presenting articles originally published under earlier titles under the current title, or printing incorrect ISSN--and describe efforts to develop and promote some best practices.

Scholarly Communications Interest Group

The ALCTS Scholarly Communications Interest Group will meet on Monday, July 13 from 1:30-3:30 pm at the Chicago Hilton, 720 South Michigan Avenue in Conference Room 4B. Our guest will be Dorothea Salo, Digital Repository Librarian at the University of Wisconsin-Madison Library. Dorothea is a frequent and outspoken commentator on scholarly communication issues and in particular, open access. Library Journal included her as one of its Movers and Shakers for 2009, citing her fall, 2008 article in Library Trends "Innkeeper at the Roach Motel" as an example of her candid, critical style and characterizing her blog, Caveat Lector, as "pulling no punches." Please join us for what promises to be a lively and thought-provoking session.

Come play Rock Band, Wii games, board games, and more. Free snacks and socializing. Open to all conference attendees!

What Does Gaming Have to Do with Books Anyway? Justifications for Games in Libraries

Presented by the GGMIG

McCormick Place West, W-470a

10:30 am-Noon

Interested in introducing gaming programs but unsure how to justify it? This panel of public, academic, and school media library staff will explore how they have justified gaming in their libraries. Bring your questions to get advice about your situation.

Virtual Communities and Libraries MIG Meeting

Participants are welcome to attend both in SL and from the RL Conference in Chicago. Inworld group will gather on the Book Stage on ALA Island, please contact Donavan Vicha (Oberon Octagon in SL) for a teleport or for a slurl. Please contact Tina Coleman (Kay Tairov in SL) or Valerie Hawkins (ALALibraryVal Miles in SL)with questions about the MIG Meeting or general questions about ALA Island.